Bradway Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility at the Duke University School of Law.
He was the primary member of serial killer Ted Bundy's last defense team.He became involved in the 2006 Duke lacrosse team scandal when he was appointed chair of the lacrosse ad hoc review committee by Duke University's president Richard H.
Brodhead.
He has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Early Show, and other national broadcasts.He currently teaches Law at the Duke University School of Law where he is the co-director of the Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic and faculty advisor of the Innocence Project.
In 2015 Coleman was honored with the Raeder-Taslitz Award from the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section.